Murder in the Big House
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“Murder Behind Bars! WHEN? WHO? HOW?”
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
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Cast
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Faye Emerson
Gladys Wayne
Known for
The Mask of Dimitrios
Destination Tokyo
Van Johnson
Bert Bell
Known for
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Caine Mutiny
George Meeker
'Scoop' Conner
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
High Sierra
Frank Wilcox
Randall
Known for
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
The Untouchables
Tod Andrews
Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)
Known for
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Outrage
Roland Drew
Mile-Away Gordon
Known for
Across the Pacific
Ruth Ford
Irene Gordon
Also in
Too Scared to Scream
Play It as It Lays
Joseph Crehan
Ainslee
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
Phantom Lady
William Gould
Prison Warden
Known for
The Sea Wolf
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Joe Devlin
Motorcycle cop / Mulligan - Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Also in
Nazty Nuisance
Dick Tracy
Douglas Wood
Burgen
Known for
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Dangerous
John Maxwell
Prison Doctor
Known for
The Prowler
The Asphalt Jungle
B. Reeves Eason Director · Raymond L. Schrock Screenplay Friedrich Hollaender Composer
United States release April 11, 1942 · Produced in United States · Working title Murder the the Death House
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Murder the the Death House
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 11, 1942
Theatrical
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